Top-Seeded LMU Headlines SAC Men’s Basketball Championship Bracket
Lincoln Memorial clinched its second SAC men's basketball regular-season title in the past three years on Saturday, and will be the No. 1 seed in the upcoming Food Lion SAC Men's Basketball Championship.
ROCK HILL, S.C. – Lincoln Memorial clinched its second SAC men's basketball regular-season title in the past three years on Saturday, and will be the No. 1 seed in the upcoming Food Lion SAC Men's Basketball Championship.
Lincoln Memorial beat Catawba Saturday night to secure the outright regular-season SAC title. The Railsplitters - who also won the league in 2010-11 - finished 22-4 overall and 15-3 in the conference, and enter the tournament on a six-game winning streak.
LMU, the top-ranked team in the most recent NCAA southeast regional rankings, will host eighth-seeded Tusculum on Wednesday night in the SAC Championship quarterfinal round.
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The Railsplitters' victory over Catawba eliminated any possibility of a split regular-season conference title with Anderson and Wingate – both of which also won their season finales on Saturday. Anderson and Wingate finished tied in the league standings at 14-4, but the Trojans will be the SAC Championship's No. 2 seed after winning a tiebreaker over the Bulldogs.
The two teams split head-to-head during the regular season, moving the tiebreaker to record against the bracket's highest seed. Anderson split its season series with LMU, while Wingate went 0-2.
Anderson will host No. 7 seed Catawba in Wednesday's quarterfinals, while Wingate – last year's SAC Tournament champions - will take on No. 6 seed Newberry.
Carson-Newman is the bracket's No. 4 seed, and will play host to fifth-seeded Lenoir-Rhyne in Wednesday's final quarterfinal matchup.
Following the quarterfinal round, the SAC Championship's semifinals and finals will take place on March 9 and 10 at Timmons Arena in Greenville, S.C.
2013 Food Lion SAC Men's Basketball Championship Schedule
Quarterfinals – March 6
No. 8 Tusculum at No. 1 Lincoln Memorial, 7 p.m.
No. 7 Catawba at No. 2 Anderson, 8 p.m.
No. 6 Newberry at No. 3 Wingate, 7 p.m.
No. 5 Lenoir-Rhyne at No. 4 Carson-Newman, 7 p.m.
Semifinals – March 9
Semifinal 1, 5:30 p.m.
Semifinal 2, 8 p.m.
Finals – March 10
Championship game, 4:30 p.m.